Farm & Food

The beginning of November was pretty quiet for a change, which allowed farmers to really get going on the corn harvest. Rain was minimal, 8mm, and temperatures were normal – a nice non-newsworthy week to get lots of outside work done. More attention has been in fact focused on the impending “polar vortex” which threatens substantially sub-normal temperatures in the coming week, this despite the fact that this started off quite warm with a high of +12C on Tuesday. There were a few dandelions even duped into flowering.

Rain (mm)Month to date (mm)Compared to 10 year averageTemperature (average/day, month to date)Compared to 10 year averageTotal for year, starting May 14Compared to 10 year averageDifference

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